Prairie Village News

This summer, Mayor Ron Shaffer is beseeching residents to ask not what Prairie Village can do for them, but what they can do for Prairie Village. His suggestion? Hang out more with your neighbors. In his column in the city’s...

Dr. Jennifer McAroy recently signed a lease with the Village Merchants Association, and will be opening up a dental office in a space on Tomahawk Rd. late this summer. McAroy received her dental degree in 2004, and did a residency...

Debate over the issue was long, and its presence on the agenda controversial, but with a 7-5 vote on Monday night the Prairie Village city council took the first step toward establishing a test location for an "overlay district"...

Prairie Village residents who called to have a special pickup scheduled for flood-damaged items should have everything out to the curb by 5 p.m. tonight, according to the city's Web site. Deffenbaugh will send crews to collect the items...

Well, at least it will help break the heat a bit. You can see the official weather service warning here. The city of Prairie Village has preemptively closed access to the Brush Creek crossover on 74th Street.

Construction crews have gutted the insides of the space in the State Line Shopping Center, just south of 75th St. and State Line Rd., that will house a Noodles & Co. restaurant slated to open late this summer. A Noodles...

The skies are clear now...but a look at this weekend's weather forecast shows a not-insignificant chance for showers today and tomorrow. The heavy rains over the past two weeks have already caused flooding in houses throughout the area, but,...

A progressive "brown bag" wine tasting at the shops along Tomahawk Rd. kept attendees to June's 3rd Thursdays event at The Village Shops in good spirits. Patrons sampled mystery wines at seven stores, and then tried to guess which...

Wednesday evening's heavy rains meant more water rushing down Brush Creek, and likely provoked additional basement flooding in the area.

June: You're going by too quickly. But that's okay, because it means we're almost to the third Thursday of the month. And that means an evening of fun at the Village Shops is nearly upon us. Tomorrow's event will feature a...

The intense storms that hit the area Sunday night have left a line of grass, leaves and sticks high up on the banks of Brush Creek as it runs along Porter Park toward the Village Shops. With the ground...